Diversity in healthcare manifests itself in many different but beautiful ways‚ but one of the most important is the cultural aspects that comes with it. The many different languages patient and providers can‚ and perhaps more importantly‚ cannot speak‚ the beliefs of our elderly patients‚ customs that are unique
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Introduction One of the most unique aspects of the United States is the diversity of its people. The Statue of Liberty states‚ “give me your tired‚ your poor‚ your huddled masses yearning to breathe free‚” and America has indeed become an amalgam of people of different races‚ religions‚ and creeds. More commonly referred to as a “melting pot”‚ The U.S. houses more diverse groups than any country in the world. In order to better respond the needs of its assorted citizens‚ the American government
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interactions; but to date no empirical links have been made between behavioral outcomes and cultural differences between the participants‚ which became the actual purpose of the study. The first hypothesis is that Intercultural condition will produce less positive behavioral outcomes and cooperation than the Control condition and the second hypotheses states that these behavioral differences are connected to cultural differences. Organizers of the study offered modified version of Prisoner’s Dilemma
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Cultural immersion can be simply defined by placing yourself out of your comfort zone and becoming surrounded by an unfamiliar environment and culture. Through cultural immersion a person can gain insights and characteristics into a community far different than their own. These experiences can truly open a person’s mind and views to others that are different than themselves. Through this experience I placed myself in an environment I knew that I would transform from a majority to a minority. I became
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Virtually every culture has some form of discrimination especially against those who are different. Discrimination still occurs around the world today. The wars in Iran‚ Iraq‚ and Partisan are perfect examples. Within every culture there are extremist groups that believe what they are doing is justified. Discrimination is defined as a negative behaviors or actions towards a group or individual. Most common types of discriminations are age‚ gender‚ race or ethnicity‚ disabilities‚ and religious
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Many people are affected by cultural differences‚ but if one tries to break the barriers‚ the attempt is usually received with open arms and graciously. I remember when preparing for my trip to Germany friends asked why I chose Germany. I responded with “why not?” Then I was confronted with reasoning like “look what happened in World War II‚ you do not know their language‚” and my favorite‚ “all there are is Nazi people over there.” I looked at them for a second then replied with something to the
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There are many varieties of different racial‚ social and cultural groups around the world. I believe that many of these groups are discriminated because many people aren’t used to seeing so much variety. Often times many different cultures and racial groups have bad stereotypes that are given to them which makes it hard for others to accept them. People who weren’t taught of other social groups are usually the ones that are ignorant towards others. Ignorant people are usually those that are not knowledgeable
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1.0. CROSS CULTURAL EXPERIENCES 1.1. INTERNSHIP Back in 2010 when I was still a student at Singapore Polytechnic‚ I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to serve my internship at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). I must emphasize‚ that the 6 months spent was one of the most memorable life experience I have had. Personally it opened my eyes to what I’ll call the ‘real’ working environment‚ as the previous jobs I held were mainly serving as an assistant in retail (part-time). I termed
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Organizations Topic: Cultural diversity and communication barriers Instructor’s name: Robert Lindquist Date submitted 29 September 2010. Cultural diversity is the power which motivates the development of the thing that makes us different. Cultural diversity is the economic growth‚ which means leading a more fulfilling emotional‚ moral and spiritual life. It captures the culture principles‚ which provide a sturdy basis for the promotion of cultural diversity. Cultural diversity is an asset that is
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knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. One of several views of epistemology‚ the study of human knowledge‚ along with rationalism‚ idealism‚ and historicism‚ empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence‚ especially sensory experience‚ in the formation of ideas‚ over the notion of innate ideas or traditions; empiricists may argue however that traditions (or customs) arise due to relations of previous sense experiences. Empiricism in the philosophy of science emphasizes
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